Emiri Decree Issued to Dissolve Kuwaiti Parliament

Kuwaiti parliament Speaker Marzouq al-Ghanim adjourns a session due to lack of quorum, in Kuwait City, on April 4, 2023. (AFP)
Kuwaiti parliament Speaker Marzouq al-Ghanim adjourns a session due to lack of quorum, in Kuwait City, on April 4, 2023. (AFP)
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Emiri Decree Issued to Dissolve Kuwaiti Parliament

Kuwaiti parliament Speaker Marzouq al-Ghanim adjourns a session due to lack of quorum, in Kuwait City, on April 4, 2023. (AFP)
Kuwaiti parliament Speaker Marzouq al-Ghanim adjourns a session due to lack of quorum, in Kuwait City, on April 4, 2023. (AFP)

Kuwait's news agency KUNA said on Monday that an Emiri decree had been issued to dissolve the parliament.

The cabinet submitted the decree to the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah earlier on Monday, according to a previous statement by KUNA.

Sheikh Mishal had in April announced that the National Assembly will be dissolved and that elections will be held in the coming months.

He also announced that he will oversee the dissolution process and issue a number of political and legal reforms that would “lead the state towards a new phase of discipline and legal guidelines so as to avoid disputes and eliminate all forms of abuse of power by both the legislative and executive authorities.”

The Constitutional Court had on March 19 annulled the results of the 2022 parliamentary elections and reinstated the 2020 parliament, with Marzouq al-Ghanim as its speaker.



Saudi, Brazilian Foreign Ministers Sign MoU to Establish Coordination Council

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira. SPA
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira. SPA
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Saudi, Brazilian Foreign Ministers Sign MoU to Establish Coordination Council

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira. SPA
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira. SPA

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has met with Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira in Rio de Janeiro on the sidelines of the G20 Summit.

The two officials reviewed relations and discussed regional and international developments.

During Tuesday’s meeting, the ministers signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a Saudi-Brazilian Coordination Council, building on the agreement reached between the two countries' leaders during Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's visit to Saudi Arabia on November 30, 2023.

Director-General of the Office of the Foreign Minister Abdulrahman Aldawood and Saudi Ambassador to Brazil Dr. Faisal bin Ibrahim Ghulam were in attendance.